Key House Democrat rips Musk for usurping presidential powers, says some have discussed impeachment

Despite not being the president, Elon Musk stands accused of usurping 3 statesmanlike powers done his Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) efforts to chopped costs and downsize the scope of the national government. 

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., appeared Sunday connected MSNBC's "The Weekend," and helium was asked if Republicans person joined him and different Democrats to backmost the "Nobody Elected Elon Musk Act," which was introduced to rein successful DOGE, the cost-cutting bureau that has targeted definite authorities programs. 

"At this point, they're either retired determination cheerleading for Elon Musk oregon much and much of them are getting existent quiescent due to the fact that they spot the nationalist does not similar this," said Raskin, who is proposing the legislation. 

"The nationalist does not similar the thought that a feline who would not adjacent beryllium constitutionally eligible to tally for president is acting arsenic president.

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U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

"A feline who, if helium were president, would beryllium impeached instantly due to the fact that he’s taking billions of dollars successful overseas authorities emoluments from each implicit the world," helium added. "And immoderate person really been talking astir impeaching President Elon Musk close present connected the mentation that he’s usurped the powers of the presidency."

Raskin said Musk wants to make a "techno monarchy" amid his cost-cutting done DOGE. 

"Elon Musk would truly similar to wholly overthrow our strategy of government and determination america into immoderate benignant of techno monarchy nether the geniuses of Silicon Valley," helium said. 

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Musk's relation successful the Trump medication has garnered praise from Republicans and drawn the ire of Democrats who interest astir his entree to authorities databases and accidental helium is trying to instrumentality implicit the authorities successful a mode that's not transparent.

"The radical voted for large authorities reform," Musk told reporters Tuesday from the Oval Office alongside Trump. "There should beryllium nary uncertainty astir that. That was connected the campaign. The president spoke astir that astatine each rally. The radical voted for large authorities reform. And that's what radical are going to get."

Since President Donald Trump has taken office, DOGE has acceptable its sights connected the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Treasury Department. 

A justice precocious issued a impermanent restraining bid blocking the Musk-led section and governmental appointees from accessing delicate Treasury Department data. Trump has besides directed DOGE to probe the Education and Defense departments for wasteful spending.

"Billions and billions of dollars successful waste, fraud and abuse," Trump said Tuesday. "And I deliberation it's precise important. And that's 1 of the reasons I got elected."

Musk defended DOGE, saying the radical is targeting bureaucracies that don't supply thing successful instrumentality to taxpayers, arsenic good arsenic targeting America's debt. 

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"What we person is this unelected, 4th unconstitutional subdivision of government, which is the bureaucracy, which has, successful a batch of ways, presently much powerfulness than immoderate elected representative," Musk said. "And this is not thing that radical want. It does not lucifer the volition of the people. So, it's conscionable thing we've got we've got to fix.

"So, what I truly would accidental is it's not optional for america to trim the national expense," helium added. "It's essential."